Late Car Registration Fines Staying In Colorado

DENVER (AP) - Higher late registration fees for drivers who miss renewing their tags are staying in Colorado after a Democratic Senate committee rejected a GOP plan to roll those fines back.

Colorado Republicans have tried all session to undo higher car registration fees and late fines that became law under an all-Democratic Legislature two years ago. The Republican House approved a bill rolling back late tag registration fees from a maximum of $100 to a maximum of $10, with county clerks able to waive those fines altogether.

But a Senate committee voted 3-2 Wednesday to keep the higher late fees, which raise some $25 million a year for road and bridge work and mass transit.

The bill's rejection marks the final GOP attempt to chip away at the higher fees.

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